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MP Taken-Over By Local School Girls

Andrea at Towcester Farmers Market.

Andrea Leadsom MP for South Northamptonshire’s took part in the National Takeover Day on Friday 12th November 2010. Takeover Day offers children and young people across the country the chance to work with adults and get involved in decision-making.   The aim is that adults benefit too, gaining new ideas, insight and creativity, as well as an opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to listening to children and young people.

Andrea was joined by Gemma Theobold from Sponne School and Hayley Hall from Northampton School for Girls as she went around her duties in her South Northamptonshire Constituency.  Firstly the girls joined Andrea at Towcester Farmers Market for Andrea’s monthly drop-in advice centre where constituents can meet their MP and ask questions.

The girls and Andrea then had lunch with Simon Kennedy the Managing Director of the Northants Newspapers.  They discussed the issues regional press are facing and the Government’s plans to limit the publishing of local papers by Local Authorities.

The group then moved on to visit the nearly finished Towcester Museum.  The museum has just won a National Heritage Grant to create a series of exhibitions over three years looking at 5,000 years of the town’s history.   The exhibition will open in June.

Andrea Leadsom MP says: “It was lovely to have Gemma and Hayley with me for the day.  They are both such bright and highly motivated young women.  It was great to hear their views about the future and listen to their perspective throughout the day.  They both do a lot of work with the Young Peoples Forum.

“At Towcester Museum we were shown, amongst other ancient artefacts, a roman clay lamp which had been found just outside the town.   We tried rubbing it for three wishes but the Genie had long since gone. The museum will be a huge asset to the area and a good example of the Big Society as it will be totally run by volunteers.”

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